…obovata x Magnolia fraseri Michelia laevifolia ‘Gail’s Favourite’ opens out flat as a flower and is much larger than plain laevifolia. Another good thing! Michelia laevifolia ‘Gail’s Favourite’ Michelia laevifolia…

…Beauty Favourite’ Eremurus ‘White Beauty Favourite’ Wisteria floribunda ‘Alba’. Flowering with the leaves. Wisteria floribunda ‘Alba’ Gillenia trifoliata in full flower. New to the Burncoose catalogue this year. Gillenia trifoliata…

…‘Jeffery Thomas’ Roscoea ‘Crûg Favourite’ Roscoea ‘Crûg Favourite’ Incarvillea zhongdianensis Incarvillea zhongdianensis Anemone rivularis Anemone rivularis Then on the Tregrehan stand: Gunnera insignis Gunnera insignis Deutzia multiradiata Deutzia multiradiata Fuchsia…

…favourite shrubs for Chelsea are already over (Magnolias and Enkianthus) and we have therefore had to come up with new things which visitors to Chelsea may not often have seen…

…azaleas We labelled this one ‘Balzac’ on the Chelsea stand (pretty close from the reference books). It was Jim Trudgeon’s favourite deciduous azalea and responding badly to a cutting back…

…is your favourite plant or what is your favourite magnolia? The only answer possible is that on any particular day there is something flowering in the garden which is absolutely…

…certainly have added a whole bunch of magnolias to my wish list. I don’t think we asked you what your favourite tree was. Not necessarily my favourite but a huge…

…rex – yet another big leaf. Rhododendron rex Rhododendron cinnarbarinum subsp xanthocodon ‘Purpurellum Group’ – perhaps my favourite colour. Half the superb clump has died since last year. Rhododendron cinnarbarinum…

…buds and flower petals although these fade to white. A Roy Lancaster introduction in 1980 and I think my favourite Sarcocca species. It ought to be grown more widely and…

…originally from Tregrehan. Podocarpus wangii Rosa banksiae ‘Alba Plena’ is now well established on the Tin Garden shed. My mother’s favourite rose. Rosa banksiae ‘Alba Plena’ Still a great show…